Joshua, M.D.

Dr. Joshua A. Hicks graduated summa cum laude from King College with a double major in chemistry and biology. He then graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where he received the distinction of being elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Hicks completed an internal medicine internship at East Tennessee State University and a residency at the University of Alabama Department of Ophthalmology.

Since finishing his residency, Dr. Hicks joined Mountain Empire Eye Physicians’ team of comprehensive ophthalmologists in 2012. His clinical interests are cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye syndrome, and medical retina, with a specialty in small-incision cataract surgery. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Hicks grew up in Bristol, Tennessee, where he now lives with his wife and their two children.